Dr. John Lambert:

I do not think we need more clinics. Looking at the network that has been established, I think the current clinics need to be repurposed. If there are 5 million people in Ireland and 30% of them are affected by long Covid, it does not matter how many clinics we have at the Mater, St. James's or St. Vincent's hospitals. They cannot all be managed there. Guidance must be issued to the GPs. Right now, the GPs are being faced with these patients and they are putting Band-Aids on the problem. They are doing the best they can but it is quite complicated. They need better guidance to be able to manage the patients locally.